August 11, 2017

Pollen grains as seen by a scanning electron microscope

From the top down: 1) forget-me-not pollen on a petal; 2) acanthus; 3) grains of pollen on a geranium stigma; 4) silver-leaf tree pollen, which has a sticky coating that makes it easier for animals to carry around; 5) pollen from an alder tree; 6) bromelia pollen; 7) pine pollen.

I Am Alive And You Are Dead — A Journey Into The Mind of Philip K. Dick

Carrère, while nowhere near as strange and sui generis as Dick — but then, who is? — is a serious piece of work himself.

This 2003 exploration and exegesis of the life of Dick goes back and forth through the looking glass, as must any biography that purports to render in black and white a life that seems fictional even at its most mundane.